Intra-operative Assessment of Lymph Node Metastasis for Colorectal Carcinoma

International Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 336-339

  Takeuchi, H ^a,c   Maehara, Y ^b   Kawano, T ^b   Toda, T ^a   Minamisono, Y ^a   Nagasaki, S ^b   Sugimachi, K ^b  

^a Hofu Institute of Gastroenterology   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Inst of Gastroenterology of Hofu   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colorectal carcinoma; Intra operative diagnosis; Lymph node metastases

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032175770     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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